Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 08:43:43 -0800 From: "Ulf Zimmerman" <ulf@z-code.ncd.com> To: Steve Spiller <steve@microdot.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Now it routes, now it don't! Message-ID: <9511140843.ZM6308@zolaris.z-code.com> In-Reply-To: Steve Spiller <steve@microdot.com> "Now it routes, now it don't!" (Nov 13, 9:41pm) References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951113213456.365A-100000@ledzeppelin.microdot.com>
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On Nov 13, 9:41pm, Steve Spiller wrote: > Subject: Now it routes, now it don't! > > Well, I'm not sure what I did, or maybe it was a fluke that it was even > working in the first place, but i'm having routing problems. > > Heres the scenerio : > > Machine A and B are both a part of the network 205.134.198 > Machine A is running FreeBSD 2.0.5, and Machine B is running Windows 95. > Machine A talks to machine B, machine B responds. All is happy and good. > > Now, machine A uses its modem to dial my PPP provider and establish a > connection. This connection creates the address of 204.71.144.66 ( local > ) and 204.71.144.?? ( remote ). So now machine A ( 205.134.198.1 ) can > talk to machine B ( 205.134.198.2 ) and machine A can also talk to the > rest of the Net. > > I have the address 204.71.144.66 as my default router, and I have > #define GATEWAY compiled into the kernel etc ... as I said, it was > working. Now, I can't for the life of me get machine B to see the Net or > vice verca. In fact, the Outside world won't see machine A as > 205.134.198.1, only 204.71.144.66. It is normal that the outside world sees only the PPP address as this is the outgoing interface. That machine B isn't seen depends if you 205.134.198 net is routing from you provider or not. > > The only other option is that my providers portmaster dropped my network > from its routing tables ( this has happened before ), but I mailed the > network guy at my provider and asked him to check. *shrug* I suppose > that he may not have yet ... but if anyone has a similar setup, can you > please send me a copy of your 'netstat -rn' output? > > Thanks for any help on this!!! > > > -Steve > steve@microdot.com > >-- End of excerpt from Steve Spiller Ulf. -- Ulf Zimmermann
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